International

10-06-2021 Fighters linked to ISIL (ISIS/ Taliban/ Daesh/ IS/ al-Qaeda/ Boko Haram) in conflict-hit northern Mozambique abducted dozens of children during raids in 2020, according to a new analysis by Save the Children. The charity said in a report on Wednesday the “abduction of children has become a new and alarmingly …

09-06-2021 LONDON: The United Kingdom’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it handed a contract to a company run by associates of Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former aide. The court said on Wednesday the government had shown “apparent bias” in awarding more than 560,000 pounds …

09-06-2021 JERUSALEM: fter the fourth election in two years and the ever-more-likely departure of Benjamin Netanyahu as the country’s prime minister, the situation in Israel is becoming increasingly volatile and Netanyahu himself is once again pouring fuel on the fire. Netanyahu faces nothing less than the loss of power on …

09-06-2021 PARIS: The man alleged to have slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face subscribes to several far-right YouTube (YT) channels and is a fan of medieval swordsmanship, media reports and sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday. A police source identified the suspect as 28-year-old Damien Tarel, who …

08-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies OTTAWA/ CITY OF LONDON: Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say a driver intentionally struck a Pakistani family because they were Muslim, killing four people and seriously injuring a nine-year-old boy in what has been denounced as an “act of unspeakable hatred” and …

07-06-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban said Monday that Afghans who worked with foreign forces in the past had nothing to fear once international troops leave, as long as they show “remorse.” America and NATO forces are continuing to pull out, after US President Joe Biden set Sept. 11 …

07-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Key Indian cities re-opened for business on Monday, with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai while traffic returned to the roads of New Delhi after a devastating second wave of coronavirus that killed hundreds of thousands. The 100,636 new infections of …

07-06-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Right-wing pro-settler Israeli groups have scrapped a controversial march that was to take place this week in Jerusalem after police refused to authorize it, arguing that neither the format nor the timing of the event was suitable given the current levels of tension in Israel. The …

07-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ DHARKI: At least 40 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris. The collision took …

06-06-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Several anti-vaccination protesters were arrested after staging small demonstrations in Melbourne’s CBD today. The series of planned rallies outside of vaccination hubs failed to draw big crowds. About two dozen people were at a rally outside of Flinders Street Station where some were arrested for refusing …